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Good morning my Christian Family! God bless and keep all of you!
Yesterday was a "trial" for sure. Physically, mentally and spiritually. Goodness. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. In fact.......the ONLY thing that went well was the actual surgery itself. And I'm basing that on what the Nurses told me after I woke up
... I don't remember the surgery being that I was somewhere in the Milkyway riding a shooting star as it circled the Universe........
Not going to bore y'all with all the details, but, WOW! What a day! Praise God for getting me through it all and bless each of you for your prayers too!!!! I started in processing at 4AM, and finally left the Hospital to come home at 7:15PM............ FIFTEEN HOURS AND FIFTEEN MINUTES! goodness........
I had a double hernia (one on both sides) repair surgery. Never dreamed how bad the pain would be.... The O.R. Nurse warned me that I would have some "serious discomfort." Yeah, discomfort, right..... No Lady, I gots some kick my butt all over the world kinda PAIN. And, of course, the pain pills they give you are just glorified Tylenol, and accomplish nothing.
Anyway, God is with me, and I truly knew you all were praying for me, and when the Family of God lifts up another family member in prayer; GOD LISTENS and ANSWERS.....
I truly believe that.
Yesterday was a "trial" for sure. Physically, mentally and spiritually. Goodness. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. In fact.......the ONLY thing that went well was the actual surgery itself. And I'm basing that on what the Nurses told me after I woke up
... I don't remember the surgery being that I was somewhere in the Milkyway riding a shooting star as it circled the Universe........ Not going to bore y'all with all the details, but, WOW! What a day! Praise God for getting me through it all and bless each of you for your prayers too!!!! I started in processing at 4AM, and finally left the Hospital to come home at 7:15PM............ FIFTEEN HOURS AND FIFTEEN MINUTES! goodness........
I had a double hernia (one on both sides) repair surgery. Never dreamed how bad the pain would be.... The O.R. Nurse warned me that I would have some "serious discomfort." Yeah, discomfort, right..... No Lady, I gots some kick my butt all over the world kinda PAIN. And, of course, the pain pills they give you are just glorified Tylenol, and accomplish nothing.
Anyway, God is with me, and I truly knew you all were praying for me, and when the Family of God lifts up another family member in prayer; GOD LISTENS and ANSWERS.....
I truly believe that.
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Still praying for you for restoration and healing. Praying against the pain is one He always honors for me, "Pain be gone in Jesus name" , I will be praying this for you as well.
Thank you kindly for your update. Yes, God is good and often we have not because we ask not.
bless you friend.
Thank you kindly for your update. Yes, God is good and often we have not because we ask not.
bless you friend.
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I've seen some his stuff before, still makes my sides hurt.
And all joking aside, when I first listened to him (while also listening to others who in different ways were saying pretty much the same thing) I DID learn a thing or 2 about hubs (and men in general) and learned that my natural, God given, female approach to situations WAS NOT going to open any of his brain boxes (or rearrange anything in them for that matter).
SO...... how does a wife change what's in her husbands brain box?
shhhhhhh........
like I'm going to spill ALL our feminine secrets... (ladies thread room anyone?)
But what I will say is this:
Yes, lessons on male brain vs. female brain are informative, (and often humorous) BUT there are exceptions to this.......
not all males function 100% the same.... like did you see the young guy's face when he was talking about fishing being in the "NOTHING" box? The boy was like "what?"
Now I'm sure if he had said "They go to the "NOTHING" box and can play video games for HOURS" the young boy (and the gal with him) would have lit up and been rolling..........
point is, not all things are the same in all males brain boxes.........
just like not all things that connect a womans brain/emotions are the same.
the point I am trying to get to is this:
I spent a lot of time trying to learn about his brain and what makes it tick........ (and some of that time was wasted, and some of that time spent was helpful) but the most beneficial time spent, and thing learned was this:
It wasn't until I fell down on my knees, hands in the air, crying out "WHAT DO I DO LORD!!!!!?????"
aaaaand some days (okay, okay MOST days) the answer felt like there was no answer....... complete silence.
Until I left that position, and went face down "FATHER..... You made this man. No One knows him better than You........"
and you know what I learned?
it wasn't so much hubs who had to change in the situations (well, YES, he did need to change some things but that was out of my hands and control. The more I pushed and tried to make him change, the worse it seemed to get)
It was me that needed to go through some changes.....
I can argue with and try to rationalize away what this person says or that person suggests all day long, as much as I want until the hole I've dug from it seems like it can't get any deeper.
BUT when the Holy Spirit says (paraphrased here) "Stop listening to human given advice, and SUBMIT. Submit to Me, and what I will show/teach/ask of you THEN you will start to see the situation change for the better."
BEST ADVICE I'VE EVER HEARD (and acted upon)
Now I'm not saying I woke up the next morning and things were all sunshine and roses....... the flowers don't bloom as soon as the snow melts we're still untangeling my wires and sorting out what's in his boxes, but I can honestly reflect back, stand up and say "look what the Lord has done!!!"
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naaaaa......
that just means your brain boxes are more open than the average males are, and so stuff can jump from one box to another and make "connections"
still makes my sides hurt.And all joking aside, when I first listened to him (while also listening to others who in different ways were saying pretty much the same thing) I DID learn a thing or 2 about hubs
(and men in general) and learned that my natural, God given, female approach to situations WAS NOT going to open any of his brain boxes (or rearrange anything in them for that matter). SO...... how does a wife change what's in her husbands brain box?
shhhhhhh........like I'm going to spill ALL our feminine secrets
... (ladies thread room anyone?)But what I will say is this:
Yes, lessons on male brain vs. female brain are informative, (and often humorous) BUT there are exceptions to this.......
not all males function 100% the same.... like did you see the young guy's face when he was talking about fishing being in the "NOTHING" box? The boy was like "what?"
Now I'm sure if he had said "They go to the "NOTHING" box and can play video games for HOURS" the young boy (and the gal with him) would have lit up and been rolling..........
point is, not all things are the same in all males brain boxes.........
just like not all things that connect a womans brain/emotions are the same.
the point I am trying to get to is this:
I spent a lot of time trying to learn about his brain and what makes it tick........ (and some of that time was wasted, and some of that time spent was helpful) but the most beneficial time spent, and thing learned was this:
It wasn't until I fell down on my knees, hands in the air, crying out "WHAT DO I DO LORD!!!!!?????"
aaaaand some days (okay, okay MOST days) the answer felt like there was no answer....... complete silence.
Until I left that position, and went face down "FATHER..... You made this man. No One knows him better than You........"
and you know what I learned?
it wasn't so much hubs who had to change in the situations (well, YES,
he did need to change some things but that was out of my hands and control. The more I pushed and tried to make him change, the worse it seemed to get)It was me that needed to go through some changes.....
I can argue with and try to rationalize away what this person says or that person suggests all day long, as much as I want until the hole I've dug from it seems like it can't get any deeper.
BUT when the Holy Spirit says (paraphrased here) "Stop listening to human given advice, and SUBMIT. Submit to Me, and what I will show/teach/ask of you THEN you will start to see the situation change for the better."
BEST ADVICE I'VE EVER HEARD (and acted upon)
Now I'm not saying I woke up the next morning and things were all sunshine and roses....... the flowers don't bloom as soon as the snow melts
we're still untangeling my wires and sorting out what's in his boxes, but I can honestly reflect back, stand up and say "look what the Lord has done!!!".......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
naaaaa......
that just means your brain boxes are more open than the average males are, and so stuff can jump from one box to another and make "connections"
This was just a joke. Mostly anyway..
Mostly anyway..
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I opened the above clip in a different window and it went on to the next clip in which he says (referencing back to the "NOTHING BOX"
"nothing drives a woman more nuts than to witness a man sitting around doing NOTHING!" (audience roaring in laughter)
but it makes me wonder if maybe, in some strange way, that men understand the whole Mary/Martha (Luke 10) senario BETTER than women
okay ladies, don't go throwing stones at me here........
seriously, just about EVERY man I know who opens his "NOTHING BOX" to go out fishing/hunting( or whatever other alone activity it is a man does) has said that that is the times they hear more from the Lord, or are able to pray about thing uninterrupted.
Perhaps there is something to that nothingness (Mary) that us "busy all the time with everything" women (Martha) can glean and learn from
just some food for thought
"nothing drives a woman more nuts than to witness a man sitting around doing NOTHING!" (audience roaring in laughter)
but it makes me wonder if maybe, in some strange way, that men understand the whole Mary/Martha (Luke 10) senario BETTER than women
okay ladies, don't go throwing stones at me here........
seriously, just about EVERY man I know who opens his "NOTHING BOX" to go out fishing/hunting( or whatever other alone activity it is a man does) has said that that is the times they hear more from the Lord, or are able to pray about thing uninterrupted.
Perhaps there is something to that nothingness (Mary) that us "busy all the time with everything" women (Martha) can glean and learn from
just some food for thought
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how my brain works-
how interesting the image is shown of a mans brain
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welcome in Live4Him.....
yup ANYTHING goes in here
that is ANYTHING that's not debates (be it biblical or political...... etc)
really no debating in here except for which type of coffee is best.
yup, pancakes, bacon and donuts....... LOTS of virtual doughnuts shared around here.
yup ANYTHING goes in here
that is ANYTHING that's not debates (be it biblical or political...... etc)
really no debating in here except for which type of coffee is best.
yup, pancakes, bacon and donuts....... LOTS of virtual doughnuts shared around here.
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